#21797F#21797F

#21797F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.080 H 201.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21797F
RGB	rgb(33, 121, 127)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 4.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, -22.94, -10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 25.31, 205.01°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% -0.0744 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.08 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2936, 15.5290, 22.4768)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21797F #7F2721

analogous

#217F56 #21797F #214A7F

triadic

#21797F #7F2179 #797F21

tetradic

#21797F #56217F #7F2721 #4A7F21

square

#21797F #56217F #7F2721 #4A7F21

split-complementary

#21797F #7F214A #7F5621

monochromatic

#081C1E #144B4E #21797F #2EA7B0 #4AC8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#21797F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#21797F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #21797F

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21797F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##21797F	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F747F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21797f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 121, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.080 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca0a4',
    500: '#21797f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21797f;
$custom-light: #6ca0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21797f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.83,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52877,
    "c": 0.08008,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21797F

secondary

#B2514A

accent

#5046E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21797F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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